Unwind...

Many people have trouble sleeping at night. There may be many causes: caffeine, being hooked on your phone/ bbm/ twitter, etc.

Here are a few great tips to help you unwind and relax an hour or so before going to bed.

• Keep your bedroom for sleep. Don't use your laptop / work from bed. Make it a habit of keeping your bed for sleeping, and do everything else on the sofa or living room.
• Disconnect yourself from the fast-paced, addictive twitter/ bbm half an hour or an hour before bed. (Silent mode can do wonders)
• If you don't have young children/ noisy siblings at home you're lucky; otherwise request that its quiet time an hour before going to sleep. (If all else fails invest in some ear plugs)
• Not a TV person, but if you tend to TV yourself to sleep that might be your thing, but keep the volume low.

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The best way to truly unwind and calm yourself for a relaxing sleep is trying the following:

1. Take a warm shower before going to sleep. This calms and relaxes you. Preferably, use relaxing body washes & lotions like Baby Johnson's Lavender Night Body Wash OR Bath & Body Works Stress Relief Body Wash & Body Lotion
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2. Switch the lights off and keep only soft light on.
3. I don't suggest candles because you might fall asleep with them still lit and its very dangerous.
4. Invest in some wonderfully soft bed sheets.
5. Relax in silence but if you prefer, listen to calm relaxing music.
6. Read a book (assuming you are now disconnected from phone and twitter)
7. Get some pillow spray/ bed sheet spray from Bath & Body Works in Lavender and spray it on pillow and bedsheets before sleeping.


8. Use a lavender eye pillow to help unwind and relax tired eyes.



9. Use Spa Time's hot bean pack on shoulders.


10. Think of positive things, places you like.
11. Gratitude: Think of all the things your are blessed with and thank Allah.

PS: Don't forget to smile the whole time, and have a wonderful good night's sleep.